I ka wā o ka ua hau ʻino, hoʻi kahi drifter i ka home i ka ʻaukā polū i kū i ke kaona kaona ʻo Kanada kahi i hānau ʻia ai. Ke hāʻawi ʻo ia e hoʻoponopono i kahi hōʻaiʻē kahiko me kahi mea kūʻai aku i ka wā ma ka haʻi ʻana aku iā ia i kahi moʻolelo, ua wīwī koke nā hanana o ka pō i kahi moʻolelo pouli o nā ʻike kuhihewa, nā keʻa kaulua a me nā hana hoʻomāinoino weliweli. ʻAʻole ʻoe e piliwi i ka mea i hana ʻia ma ka lumi ʻOk.

Hele wau i luna i ka hoʻonohonoho a koke wau i pā ʻia e ka pae o nā kikoʻī i hele i loko o ka hana ʻana o kahi pā anuanu, pae honua, pae liʻiliʻi o ke kauhale. ʻO kēlā me kēia lepili i hana maʻalahi ʻia, kēlā me kēia tchotchke a me ka paia e kau ana, kēlā me kēia pūlima ʻona i kākau ʻia ma ke keʻena lumi ʻauʻau, kūkulu ia āpau i ka honua o The Oak Room, waiwai i ke ʻano. 

Hāpai ka hoʻonohonoho i kahi o ke kaupaona iā ia, e paʻa ana i ka ikehu o ka hanana i hala. Nā mea hana keaka RJ Mitte (Uhaʻi ino) a me Peter Outerbridge (Suicide kauna,) ʻakaʻaka ma waena o ka lawe ʻana, ka hoʻokahe ʻana i nā leo terse a lākou i hoʻopaʻa ai i nā manawa ma mua. Kumu, ʻO ka lumi Oak he pāʻani keaka, a hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike. Paheʻe ke kamaʻilio i ka hana a nā mea hana ma o nā mea i hoʻolōʻihi ʻia.

ʻO ka lumi ʻoak ma o nā kiʻi ʻeleʻele

Ua hoʻomaka mua ʻia ka mana o ka pae ma ka Toronto Fringe Festival ma 2013. ʻO Actor Ari Millen (E lawe wau i kāu mea make) - nāna i hōkū i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni - i manaʻo he koho maikaʻi paha ia no kahi hoʻololi, no laila ua lawe ʻo ia i ka palapala i ka luna ʻo Cody Calahan.

"Ua kāhea mai ʻo ia iaʻu a ʻōlelo mai, e hoʻouna ana wau iā ʻoe i ka script, pono ʻoe e heluhelu." Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Calahan, "E kokoke ana wau e lele i kahi mokulele no LA, a ua like ʻo ia, e hana wale ʻoe i kahi mea maikaʻi iaʻu, ʻo nā mea āu e hana ai ma ka mokulele, mai hana ʻoe. E heluhelu wale nō i ka palapala. ” I ka manawa o ka mokulele i pae aku ai, ua ʻai ʻia ka script a hoʻomaka kahi papahana: "Ua hoʻomaka koke mākou a i loko o ʻelua mau makahiki i hala, lawe ʻia ia mai ka mana hana keaka a i ka mana kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. 

ʻO kekahi o nā mea keaka i mālama ʻia ma ke kī ʻana o ka pana ʻO ka lumi Oak ʻo ka hoʻohana o ka lōʻihi - a i 15 mau minuke i ka manawa - e hāʻawi maoli i nā mea hana keaka e hanu. "Hana mākou i kahi pūʻulu hoʻomaʻamaʻa, hana mākou i kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa no ka poʻe pahupaʻi paʻi paʻi a me nā mea āpau, a laila luʻu pono mākou i loko." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Calahan, "Ke ʻae ʻoe e hoʻokuʻu i ka mea hana keaka, a ʻaʻohe kū a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana," ua minoʻaka ʻo ia, "He weliweli loa ia."

ʻO ka lumi ʻoak ma o nā kiʻi ʻeleʻele

Ma waena o kēia mau mea i hoʻolōʻihi ʻia, ua heʻe wau ma hope o nā hanana e hui me RJ Mitte lāua ʻo Peter Outerbridge e nānā i nā mea huna a me nā moʻolelo o ʻO ka lumi Oak. 

"Ua kākau ʻia e like me ka pāʻani, a keu loa nā keaka no nā kumu he nui." elaborated Mitte, "ʻO nā mea āpau a mākou e hana ai i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana - ke hoʻāʻo nei e hana i nā pā ma ke kahua - ola ʻoe. Me kēia, loaʻa iā mākou ka manawa e hoʻololi ai i ka pā. " Hāʻawi ia i nā mea hana ke maʻalahi e ʻeli maoli a ʻike i ka hanana. Ua minoʻaka ʻo Mitte, "Loaʻa iā ʻoe kēlā wahi a noho i kēlā wahi, a maikaʻi maoli ia."

Ma ke ʻano he mea ʻoniʻoni e kī i nā hiʻohiʻona lōʻihi, hana ia i kahi ʻokoʻa o nā pilikia no DP Jeff Maher, i ʻōlelo ʻo Calahan. "Ke hopu nei mākou i nā hiʻohiʻona a ʻaʻole ka dictating, maikaʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā wale i kēia ala no ka mea makemake wau i kēlā kī," ua wehewehe ʻo ia, "ʻO ka mea paʻakikī no Jeff no ka mea pono iā ia ke hana i nā pana āpau i mea hana, kū hoʻokahi a hoʻokipa. ”

"Pono ʻo ia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa," hoʻomau ʻo ia, "No laila ke holo nei lākou i nā pēpē he 12 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi ke hana mākou i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa, inā ʻike ʻo ia i kahi manawa e holo ʻole ana, hiki iā ia ke lele i kahi ʻaoʻao." He ala maikaʻi ia e kī ai i nā hanana kūpaʻa, a mālama pono ia i nā mea āpau i ko lākou manamana wāwae. 

ʻO ka lumi ʻoak ma o nā kiʻi ʻeleʻele

Akā ʻaʻole pau nā paʻakikī ma laila. "Ke pana nei mākou iā ia ma ke ʻano o ka manawa, kahi mea liʻiliʻi loa e hana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni." Ua kaʻana like ʻo Outerbridge, “E kī aku ʻoe i nā mea āpau ma waho o ke kaʻina ke kī ʻoe i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. No laila ke kī nei mākou iā ia e like me ka pāʻani. ”

"He pāʻani ia, he ʻāpana mea hana keaka," hoʻomau ʻo ia, "Ua like ia me ʻelua mau kāne i ka pā, e kamaʻilio ana no ʻelua mau hola. I kēia manawa, he pilikia kēlā. ” Akā ʻaʻole ia he mau poʻo kamaʻilio ʻelua wale nō; aia kekahi mau wili maʻalahi i kēia moʻolelo. "He moʻolelo ia e pili ana i kahi kanaka e hele i loko o ka pā, a haʻi i ka bartender i kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i kahi kanaka e hele i loko o kahi pā. ʻakaʻaka ʻo Outerbridge, "A laila ma hope, hoʻi hou i ka bartender mua."

Me kahi palapala kikoʻī e hana mai ai, he mea nui ka waiwai o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻoiai ʻaʻole e ʻoki ana i ka ʻiʻo o ka moʻolelo. "ʻO ka mea nui e pili ana i ka palapala ke ʻano o ka hoʻolālā ma ke kamaʻilio," i ʻōlelo ʻo Calahan, "ʻAʻole mākou e ʻokiʻoki i nā mea haʻi moʻolelo. Aia i kā lākou mea e ʻōlelo ai; ka moʻolelo i loko o ka mea a ke kamaʻilio e dictating ana. No laila ʻo ka nui o ke kamaʻilio āu e ʻoki ai, ʻo ka nui o ka moʻolelo āu i ʻoki ai. ”

ʻO ka ʻoki ʻana i ka moʻolelo i lalo kahi hōʻaʻano ʻē aʻe; ua ulana paʻa ʻia e mālama i kahi hopena pōpilikia evocative. "E waiho ʻia ia i ka poʻe hoʻolohe - inā lākou e nānā ana - e hoʻāʻo e ʻike i nā mea e hana nei," i wehewehe ʻo Outerbridge, "ʻO wai ka mea e hoʻōla a ʻo wai ka mea e hoʻopaʻi ana."

"Waiho maoli ʻia ia no ka wehewehe ʻana inā makemake ʻoe e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻaʻole paha i hana ʻia i kekahi ala ai ʻole ʻē aʻe." 'ōleloʻo Mitte, "Heʻoiaʻiʻo kēia? A i ʻole he wahaheʻe paha kēia? Ke wahaheʻe nei kēia kanaka iaʻu? A i ʻole e haʻi ʻiʻo paha kēia kanaka i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo? A ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike maoli. I nā nīnau a mākou e pane ai, hāpai mākou i nā nīnau he nui hou aʻe. A haʻalele mākou iā lākou ma laila. ”

"Ma muli o ka mana o ka hopena āu e manaʻo ai e hiki mai ana, lilo ia i kiʻi ʻokoʻa loa i kēlā me kēia mana." Ua hōʻike ʻo Outerbridge, "Hoʻomaka kekahi me kahi mea pohihihi pepehi kanaka, lilo kekahi i kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli, a i ʻole e like me kekahi moʻolelo ʻuhane."

“He kū hoʻokahi ia.” ʻAe ʻo Mitte, "He moʻolelo ʻano ʻoluʻolu ia, kekahi o nā ʻano palapala ʻano, a he ʻano hihiu ka mea āu e ʻike ai."

ʻO ka lumi ʻoak ma o nā kiʻi ʻeleʻele

Ke ʻike nei i kahi ʻoki kino i kapa ʻole ʻia (ʻaʻohe mea ʻino ma aneʻi), hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku he ʻoiaʻiʻo ka mea a Mitte i ʻōlelo ai. ʻO Calahan, Outerbridge, a me Mitte me he mea lā ua pīhoihoi maoli nō lākou e pili ana i ka papahana, a na ko lākou hoihoi i huki mai iaʻu. o ka poʻe i hoʻohanohano maoli i kā lākou hana a loaʻa nā mākau e hana i mea nui. "

ʻO ka lumi Oak hoʻopiha ʻia me nā kikoʻī a me ka mālama nui. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa pono ʻia ʻo Nuances a kau ʻia me ka helu kūpono o ka ʻaoʻao off-the-cuff i manaʻo ʻia he kūlohelohe. E like me ka ʻOkoma ponoʻī, ʻoluʻolu a maoli nō ia, ʻoiai aia kekahi mea i ʻoi loa i ka lihi.

No laila he aha ka mea i hana ʻia ma ka lumi ʻo ʻOk? "Ua hana lākou i kahi kiko o ka mālama ʻana i kahi kānalua i hiki. Akā aia kekahi kua i hope iā ia, "wahi a ʻOuterbridge," ʻike ʻo [Calahan] i kēlā. ʻO ka mea kākau, Peter Genoway, ʻike he aha kēlā. Akā ʻaʻole lākou i haʻi mai iā mākou. ”

Ua pena lākou i kahi kiʻi koi - kahi mahalo maikaʻi i ka manawa haʻahaʻa o ka hanana a lākou e hana nei. "Maopopo iā ʻoe e hiki mai ana kahi mea maikaʻi ʻole," i hoʻopuka aku ai ʻo Calahan, "Ke kali nei ʻoe no kēlā manawa."

Ke hele nei mai kahi hoʻonohonoho, makemake koke wau e ʻike hou. Mai ke ʻano o ke kiʻi ʻia ʻana o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i ka hopena layered a cryptic o ka script, ʻo ka nui o koʻu noʻonoʻo e pili ana, ʻo ka nui o koʻu makemake e ʻike pehea e wehe ai. Ma hope o nā mahina, pono wau e ʻike. 

No laila inā e hoʻonāukiuki ʻia ʻoe e kahi thriller paʻakikī me kahi lou maikaʻi a me kahi kaumaha ikaika, e nānā pono ʻO ka lumi Oak. Huki i kahi noho, lālau i kahi mea inu, a noho i loko. ʻO nā mea e pili ana i ka hoihoi.

E lawe mai ana ʻo Breakthrough Entertainment Inc. a me Black Fawn Films ʻO ka lumi Oak i ka mākeke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kiʻi ʻo Cannes e hiki mai ana ʻo “Marche du Film”, kahi e ʻike ʻia ai nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma ka Pōʻalua, Iune 23, 2020. Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i ka trailer hou loa a me ka pepa paʻi ma lalo